Baked Sweet Potatoes in the Field. Baked Sweet Potatoes in the Field.

One thing that made me happy was baking sweet potatoes in the fields. One thing that made me happy was baking sweet potatoes in the fields.

One thing that made me happy was baking sweet potatoes in the fields. One thing that made me happy was baking sweet potatoes in the fields.

adding the article "the" because it was used in the title.

One thing that made me happy was baking sweet potatoes in the fields. One thing that made me happy was baking sweet potatoes in the field.

At the end of October, it's the harvest season for sweet potatoes in my area. At the end of October, it's harvest season for sweet potatoes in my area.

People used cattle to pull plows to plow sweet potatoes out of the ground. People used cattle to plow sweet potatoes out of the ground.

I think it sounds more natural like this

People used cattle to pull plows to plow sweet potatoes out of the ground. People use cattle to pull plows to plow sweet potatoes out of the ground.

"Use" instead of "used" because you introduced the present tense in the former sentence.

After people picked up sweet potatoesgathered it, there were still some sweet potatoes remaining under the ground. After people gathered it, there were still some sweet potatoes remaining underground.

After people picked up the sweet potatoes, there were still some sweet potatoes remain ing under the ground. After people pick up the sweet potatoes, some sweet potatoes remain in the ground.

1) Present tense is used here because this is an event that has happened and is still happening. Once the narrative is brought back to childhood, then the past tense is used. 2) the preposition "in" is used because potatoes would still be "in" the dirt. "Under" could still work, but this may imply that the potatoes are fully submerged under layers of dirt.

After people picked up the sweet potatoes, there were still some sweet potatoes remaining under the ground. After people picked up the sweet potatoes, there were still some sweet potatoes remaining under the ground.

When we children wentgo to the sweet potato fields to dig out the remaining sweet potatoes, we carried two things: a basket woven from the twigs of the chaste trees and a shovel with a wooden handle. When we children go to the fields to dig out the remaining sweet potatoes, we carried two things: a basket woven from the twigs of the chaste trees and a shovel with a wooden handle.

When we children went to the sweet potato fields to dig out the remaining sweet potatoesose that remained, we carried two things: a basket woven from the twigs of the chaste trees and a shovel with a wooden handle. When we children went to the sweet potato fields to dig out those that remained, we carried two things: a basket woven from the twigs of the chaste trees and a shovel with a wooden handle.

After we dug out some sweet potatoes, we dug a small ditch in the ground and put the sweet potatoes on the top ofinto the ditch. After we dug out some, we dug a small ditch in the ground and put the sweet potatoes into the ditch.

1) The first "sweet potatoes" is not needed because we know that's what you're digging up as stated in the previous sentence.

Then we found some dried sweet potato vines and, put the vines insideto the ditch, and lit them to bake the sweet potatoes. Then we found some dried sweet potato vines, put the vines into the ditch, and lit them to bake the sweet potatoes.

Since this is a sequence of events, you can join each clause with a comma.

When they were almost completely baked, we stopped the fire and, pushed the sweet potatoes into the ditch, and covered them with the soil that was dug out from the ditch. When they were almost completely baked, we stopped the fire, pushed the sweet potatoes into the ditch, and covered them with the soil that was dug out from the ditch.

At that time ofDuring food shortages, they were our bigmain meals. During food shortages, they were our main meals.

I interpreted this sentence as sweet potatoes being the main thing you ate during food shortages given the context.

AtDuring that time of [the] food shortage[s], they were our big meals. During that time of [the] food shortage[s], they were our big meals.

If it was one food shortage, then maybe add "the" to signify the one you're referring to. If there were many, add "s" to the end of shortage.

Have you ever baked sweet potatoes this way when you were a child? Have you ever baked sweet potatoes this way when you were a child?

I can't say I have done sweet potatoes, but we used to do something similar. We would wrap some veggies and some beef in tin foil, cook it over a fire, and then let it cool in the ground for a bit. They were called "Silver Turtles" and they were really good.